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Cyrena ovalina Deshayes, 1858 †
1502045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502045)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
fossil only
Deshayes, G. P. (1856-1860). <i>Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris, pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues</i>. Tome premier. <i>Mollusques acéphalés dimyaires</i>. 1-912, pls 1-87. Paris, Baillière. [1-80, pls 1-10 (1856); 81-392, pls 11, 11bis, 12-49 (1857); 393-704, pls 16bis, 50-87 (1858); 705-912 (1860)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13095604
page(s): 505, pl. 36, figs 16-18; note: Note that in atlas [1857] a different name is used (Cyrena simplex). [details]
page(s): 505, pl. 36, figs 16-18; note: Note that in atlas [1857] a different name is used (Cyrena simplex). [details]
Note "Damery, Fleury, Boursault" (France)
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Type locality "Damery, Fleury, Boursault" (France) [details]
Status In the caption of pl. 36 (1857), Deshayes used a different name, i.e. Cyrena simplex, than in the text (1858). There is no...
Status In the caption of pl. 36 (1857), Deshayes used a different name, i.e. Cyrena simplex, than in the text (1858). There is no discussion of the name change, and simplex takes priority. Also, since Cyrena is a synonym of Corbicula, the species name is a junior homonym of Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855. Prime (1860), without discussion, referred Cyrena ovalina to "Corbicula parva Prime", but it is unclear whether he intended to introduce a replacement name. Anyway, Corbicula parva Prime is a junior homonym of Corbicula parva (Sowerby, 1827). A revision is required to assess the validity of Deshayes' species and its correct name. [details]
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Deshayes, G. P. (1856-1860). <i>Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris, pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues</i>. Tome premier. <i>Mollusques acéphalés dimyaires</i>. 1-912, pls 1-87. Paris, Baillière. [1-80, pls 1-10 (1856); 81-392, pls 11, 11bis, 12-49 (1857); 393-704, pls 16bis, 50-87 (1858); 705-912 (1860)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13095604
page(s): 505, pl. 36, figs 16-18; note: Note that in atlas [1857] a different name is used (Cyrena simplex). [details]
basis of record Locard, A. (1893). Monographie des mollusques tertiaires terrestres et fluviatiles de la Suisse. Deuxième partie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 19, 131-275.
page(s): 260-261, pl. 12, fig. 17 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1860). Synonymy of the Cyclades, a family of Acephalous Mollusca. Part 1. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 267-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297414
page(s): 272, 283 [details]
source of synonymy Glibert, M.; Van de Poel, L. (1966). Les Bivalvia fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. IV. Heteroconchia. 2ème partie: Corbiculidae à Petricolidae (fin). <em>Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> (2) 82: 1-108., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252242.pdf
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 505, pl. 36, figs 16-18; note: Note that in atlas [1857] a different name is used (Cyrena simplex). [details]
basis of record Locard, A. (1893). Monographie des mollusques tertiaires terrestres et fluviatiles de la Suisse. Deuxième partie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 19, 131-275.
page(s): 260-261, pl. 12, fig. 17 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1860). Synonymy of the Cyclades, a family of Acephalous Mollusca. Part 1. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 267-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297414
page(s): 272, 283 [details]
source of synonymy Glibert, M.; Van de Poel, L. (1966). Les Bivalvia fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. IV. Heteroconchia. 2ème partie: Corbiculidae à Petricolidae (fin). <em>Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> (2) 82: 1-108., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252242.pdf
page(s): 8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status In the caption of pl. 36 (1857), Deshayes used a different name, i.e. Cyrena simplex, than in the text (1858). There is no discussion of the name change, and simplex takes priority. Also, since Cyrena is a synonym of Corbicula, the species name is a junior homonym of Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855. Prime (1860), without discussion, referred Cyrena ovalina to "Corbicula parva Prime", but it is unclear whether he intended to introduce a replacement name. Anyway, Corbicula parva Prime is a junior homonym of Corbicula parva (Sowerby, 1827). A revision is required to assess the validity of Deshayes' species and its correct name. [details]Type locality "Damery, Fleury, Boursault" (France) [details]
